Posted on 05/20/2010 8:16:40 AM PDT by smokingfrog
Nearly 1 million General Electric coffee makers sold at Walmart are being recalled after dozens of reports of overheating, smoking, burning and fires.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission, which announced the recall Thursday, said Walmart has received 83 complaints about the GE-branded coffee maker, including three reports of minor burns to consumers' bodies.
The reports of property damage include a significant kitchen fire and damage to countertops, cabinets and a wall, said the CPSC.
The recall involves about 900,000 GE 12-cup digital coffee makers sold exclusively at Walmart stores nationwide.
The coffee makers, with the GE logo printed on the base, were sold in white or black from March 2008 through January of this year. The model numbers involved are 169164 and 169165.
Consumers are advised to immediately stop using these coffee makers and return them to any Walmart for a full refund.
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Applica has the license to make Black & Decker small kitchen appliances. GE contracts with various manufacturers to build their small kitchen appliances (Applica, Hamilton Beach, etc. and some direct from Chinese manufacturers), but GE still maintains control over the product specification, appearance and marketing.
I always pick them up to look at the wattage (need hot water to make good coffee, duh) and noticed them getting ligter and lighter.
Prolly part of the problem.
Could be hecho en mexico.
I don’t buy GE products. I have not bought them for the last three years. In the pass I had bought three GE gas stoves and two refrigerators. If it made by GE, I pass it by.
Hope I can get the powers that be in the house to purchase a Bunn O Matic.
I've actually gone back to pouring water just off the boil into a Melita funnel.
It's just as fast if not faster and you can control things better to your liking.
Not to mention pennies on the dollar compared to the rapidly rising cost and rapidly declining quality of machines.
I’m using my Grandmother’s 9/1967 West Bend 9 cup percolator.
I think they sold off their consumer electronics/appliance product lines to Thomson-CSF, a French company. The product lines still use the GE logo for marketing reasons.
Anyhow, GE has been banned from my business (industrial automation) unless it involves an existing legacy installation or if the client insists on GE being sole source. For the latter, GE finds me to be an SOB to do business with. In either case, I am also throwing in a sales pitch to convert to Allen Bradley.
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